Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE. i

GEO. W. "ILSON AND' A. JOHNSON, OF IVALNUT GROVE, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,761.

To all whom. it may concern.'

Bc it known that we. (bionet: ll'. lnsox and A.. JoHNSoN. of lalnut (lrovc. in the count)Y of Knox and State ot' Illinois. have invented a new and Improved Clothes lashing Machine; and we do hereb \Y declare that the t'ollowinpT is a tull. clear. and

ing had to the annexed drawings. matting' a part ot' this specification. in whicl'rs Figure 1. is a longitudinal and vertical central section of our invention. Fig'. L a vertical transverse section ot do. taken the line .1', fr', Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to tuttiF understand and construct our invention ive will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a box or case. one part a. ot

exact description of the. saute. relcreiafc be- (l which is provided with a cover Il. which is hinged to the box shown at 7. This box or case ina)IY be constructed ot wood and Within the U. is placed, said c vlinder being' formed of a series of slats c. and perforated taehed to heads d, al, placed on a proper shaft The slats c. externally are of seniiv cylindrical forni as shown clearly in Fig. l A section of the peripheryY of the c vlinder C. is open as shown at and a plate y. is fitted therein, said plate being attached to the ends of arms le., lt. which are attached. one to thc inner sido of each head arms It, l1, a screw rod e'. passes. said rod also passing through curved slots j. in the heads (l, (I. the rod having' a head llf. on one end l and a thumb nut l, on the other. see Fig'. In the upper part o'f the cover B, a rubl hing device D. is placed. This device is formed of a slat m. placed transvcrselxY in the upper part of the cover and covered with cloth a. or an elastic and soft material.

.'tt each sich` of the slat la, and parallel with it a series of slats o. are secured. These slats niav be of metal or Wood. It constructed ot' metal, sheety vmetal plates may be bent or crimped so as to forni corrugations parallel l with the slat am.` It the slats are of wood theyY 11i-av be of similar or an approximate forni made separatelyY ot' course and 'then attached to the cover in the sante position as the metal ones. at the ends ot' each series ot' slats o. a roller p, is placed. the journals of l the rollers being fitted in yielding bearings. l

part'` a, of the box a cylinder strips r" atsides. and rollers ([1) dated January 25. 1859.

The slats and rollers extend the whole width ot' the cover B. and the rubber as a whole has a curved t'orm corresponding?r to the curvature ot1 the cylinder (l. as plainly shown in Fig. 1.

The bottoni of the part` a. of the box curved as shown in Fig. 1. and a trame E. is placed on said bottoni the traine being also curved and resting at its ends on springs (j. To the sides of the part n ot' the box A. vertical guides yr. are attached. said guides fitting' in recesses in the sides otl the traintl and serving' to keep the same in proper position. At the center of the frame E. a roller s. is placed.

The operation is as folloivs:-'l`he clothes to be Washed. shown in red arc secured to the external surt'ace of the c vlindcr C. by nieans ot' the plate y. which is secured in proper position b v the rod i, The part u'. otl the box A. is supplied with a requisite quantityY of suds. and the cylinder (l. is rotated bv hand or by any proper means, the clothes are carried around on the cylinder (l, saturated as they pass through the suds and are rubbed by the rubber I). The roller s. expresses the dirt from the clothes that is loosened b v the rubber. the pressure ot the roller being' governed h v the springs g. It will be seen that the clothes are not subjected to fricvtion while in the water as the rubber is placed over the cylinder, the rubbing being done when they are out of the Water. It will also be seen that b v turning the c vlinder first, in one direction and then in the other both sides ot the clothes nia v he washed as the clothes will be reversed on the c vlinder by the change of motion.

Having described our invention. we claim and desire to secure b v Letters Patent.

.is an improved article oi' manufacture. a washing'-inachine having upon the ccntral c vlindcr (l. a plate (g) arms ('L. lt.) curved slots (j). and rod (i) for securing' the clothes. and in the uoper part of the cover ll. a rubbing' device consisting of a slat (nl) with slats or corrugations (o) at its and otherwise con structcd as herein shown and described.

GEORGE IV. WILSON. NDIEV JOHNSON. lVit nesses:

(l. l). Siamnna, J. S. PEEBLES. (l. B. SMITH. 

